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1. Be polite, be courteous, be civil.

Common courtesy seems to be lacking on the internet, but it's something that we will enforce here. This is not a matter of respect, it's a matter of treating others the way you want to be treated. Violation of this rule will result either in locked threads, deleted messages, or deleted accounts, depending on the severity, frequency of infractions, and response to warnings. It will be up to the moderators and administrators to determine in their own judgment which punishment is appropriate.

2. No spamming.

Whether it be blatantly creating links to porn sites or trying to use ReactOS as a way to boost your own site's Google ranking, this is something we frown upon. The website section of your user profile exists for a reason. Links in signatures are frowned upon, but we're flexible in that regard. The above examples are not the only possible types of spam and it will again be up to the moderators and administrators to decide whether something is spam. Spamming in actual posts will result in an automatically deleting of user account. Lesser infractions will probably result in warnings initially.

3. No thread hijacking.

If you have an issue that's not addressed in an already created thread or if that thread is really old, start a new one. Do not jump into the middle of an already existing one and try to divert the topic. Tangential topics are permitted on a case by case basis and are ultimately up to the discretion of the moderators.

4. No discussion of how to carry out illegal activities.

This includes how to find warez and other illegal downloading activities. This is a bannable offense. Keep the site clean.

5. Do not resurrect threads that are years old.

If the last post was years ago, chances are people have forgotten everything that was discussed. If you have points, restate them instead in your new opening post.

6. Do not double/triple/etc post.

This rule serves two purposes. First as an additional safeguard against #5 and second because additional posts tend to clutter a thread and generate additional pages, which increases the amount of navigation for following a thread.

More rules will be added as the situation warrants. That said, the rules up already should not need to be stated, but apparently certain people don't get it.

Last edited by Z98 on Fri Aug 17, 2007 2:42 am, edited 1 time in total.